I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn.

Trash Heaven has been Didi Duke’s home for as long as she can remember. The dumping ground of the galaxy provides her with everything she’s ever needed or wanted. Except, maybe, the attention of her inventor father, always busy with his next creation. Good thing he’s passed on his talents to his sixteen-year-old daughter. With the company of her best friend—the cyborg crow, Pip—Didi is happy to scour her territory for treasures discarded as trash. But, when an evil Underlord kidnaps her father, Didi can no longer hide herself away in the garbage. Her plan to resurrect a retired cyborg gunslinger and rescue her dad leads her into danger and the heart of the rotting planet—Trash City. She’ll figure out the rest of her plan—eventually.

Didi and the Gunslinger

She descends into the bunker in foul humor, wondering where her happiness went. Gone with her father and the ship that was meant to carry her to her mother, she supposes. The gunslinger and Pip wait for her below, the scent of ancient motor oil and rust assaulting her despite the clear plasglass mouth and nose filter chugging faithfully to protect her from airborne contaminants. Before Didi can say a word, the ruddy crow decides to speak up.


"I knew this wasn't going to end well." His beak chatters, red glow in his cyber eye flaring with his agitation. "Why did we take this ridiculous job in the first place?"


Chapter 41: Adjust And Adapt